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  1. [quote name='DocBean' post='1433472' date='Jul 9 2008, 14.02']In Feast for Crowns Arianne explains to Arys Oakheart that: House Toland of Ghost Hill's Sigil is a Dragon biting it's own tail. The dragon is time; it has no beginning, no ending. Could be another reference to The Wheel of Time. Aeis Sedai wear a ring with a snake biting it's own tail, that signifies Time without end.[/quote] It's the Ouroboros. It means infinity (time), but it also means cyclicality and unity. It stands for the eternal return, and of cycles that begin again as soon as they end (like the phoenix). The dragon (a winged serpent) bites its own tail to sustain its own life. It just might be the oldest symbol in the world. It's a mystical symbol that goes back to ancient Egypt.
  2. When are you getting back from vacation?

  3. [quote name='DocBean' post='1426578' date='Jul 3 2008, 15.22']I ran a search and didn't see this one in there yet. Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning who weilds Dawn is very similar to Robert Jordan's main character in his Wheel of Time Series, Rand Al'Thor, the Lord of the Morning, Prince of Dawn[/quote] He also sounds like King Arthur, who wielded Excalibur. Hell, he even has the same name. The Sword of the Morning is also a constellation, and Arthur has his own in Ursa Major. Dawn is said to be of meteoric origin; one of the legends of the Holy Grail states it is the emerald that fell from Lucifer's crown as he was cast from Heaven. The Grail is also said in some traditions to also be of meteoric origin, like the Benben Stone of Heliopolis. All of these references to Lords of the Morning, Sword of the Morning...those are, I believe references to Venus. The Morning Star. It's probably accidental, but you never know. Lucifer himself was called the Morning Star and the Lord of Light. (Just like R'hllor.)
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